She's baaaaaaaack, again!

 Abby was on vacation. 

She will be back now and again, just checking in.

(You should be able to click on the picture to enlarge it so you can read the writing if you want to)

I also finished another crocheted throw:

Backside:

The Young Man is back to college after a nice week home during spring break.

We even had the first fire and hot dog roast of the season on our new back deck!

This is just a short sweet and simple post for today. I hope you enjoy! Till next time, happy crafting!

With a little bit of luck

 Ah March...the month that holds so much promise for spring-time.

We start off with a little Irish luck to represent the month:

My embroidery piece is coming along, slow but sure.

Mother nature is not too keen on showing us her spring side though.

We had several snow events. 

The local playground's slide was barfing snow!

Since I had to stay inside, I hemmed up a bunch of new kitchen towels.

I also worked on these Disappearing Rail Fence blocks for quilt guild.

These fabrics were pulled to begin a mystery quilt!

I need a light, a medium, and a dark.

I think I am going to go with the second set.

Now THIS is the kind of whiteness I like seeing on the trees!

These are my plum trees in all their blooming glory.

I managed to make another "Scraptastic" quilt top.

We celebrated pie day with this homemade chicken pot pie.

Work continues on this crocheted blanket.

And I have a finish to celebrate! This is a pattern called "The Old Wool Mill". It took me just shy of a year to complete. I learned SO much about crocheting with this one.

I had shared it with you last time but now it's blocked and I am

 just so happy with it that I had to share it again. I hope you don't mind.

Roxy says, "Are you done yet? It's suppertime!"

I'd better go feed her and her 'brothers' before they pass out. 

Till next time, happy crafting!!!

Not just April Showers...

Here in the south we often get ice storms in February. 

This one did not have much impact here. 

I think there were two days of school that were missed in total. 

A few days later it melted away.

It was fun, catching the drops falling from the roof with my camera.

Then we had rain.

I had a bunch of errands to run and it was raining cats and dogs and.....

RAINDROPS!!!

Lots and lots of big raindrops! hahaha

Welcome to March in the south. 

My icon for March was a shamrock.

I've been making progress on the embroidery project. 

It has been more fun than I ever expected! 

Following are too many photos of my progress from day to day...

 

That's a quarter of an inch butterfly!

If you want to see a larger picture I think you can click on any of these and they will open up in another tab where you can enlarge it to look at details, if you want.

I made a thread organizer for my embroidery threads.

 I started by sandwiching and quilting two fabrics together. 

I bought some plastic rings and...

...attached them to the top, using grosgrain ribbon.

This is what it looks like opened up:

Here, I've attached some of the threads and rolled it up part way:

I need to decide on how to hold it closed but it already is in use and working very well!

Here are two eggs from the same store, and they are the same brand. 

They are both considered large eggs. I disagree with them though.

I finished the brick orphan quilt top. 

This will be going to our guild for one of our community outreach projects.

I started this afghan in March of 2021 and just finished it yesterday. 

I did take off a few months during the summer as I had lost interest and

 because it's made with a wool blend yarn. It is WARM!!!

This is a closeup of the edge. That copper brown edge was the last round.

I washed it and it is laying on my studio table as it's being blocked:

The pattern is called "The Old Wool Factory Throw" by Debbie Hemsley Kaltenbrunn. 

It was super challenging and the instructions were awesome!!!

I also finished this simple hat for my donation hat project for next year:

I did NOT make this hat. This is a 'family hat' that rises out of the closet a few times a year when the young man in college is feeling silly. Note the lovely mask too. My friend Deirdre made it for me to give him for Christmas.

With the Old Wool Factory throw done, I have more scraps to add to my wool shawl. 

I am making it from leftovers as I have them.

This will travel with me as we go camping or on other trips this year and should be ready to wear next winter when it is colder.

Sorry to have dropped so many things in one posting. I just didn't feel like posting before now. Everything else is going ok. 

Dexter is helping me crochet. His favorite toy somehow appeared in one of my yarn bowls. I don't know if he has figured out any stitches yet, but he's trying to help, I am sure.

Till next time, keep on creating!